Whoever thought that algae would be so beneficial to the human body? Yes, you heard it right. Algae is very helpful in keeping us healthy! One example of a healthy algae is chlorella. The chlorella is a close cousin to another superfood, spirulina. It is a single-cell freshwater algae. It has the ability to reproduce eight times a day. This makes it a sustainable nutrient source.This healthy algae is grown in large freshwater ponds. It is carefully spray-dried in order to preserve its nutritional content. It then undergoes a special treatment to break down its cellular wall. This makes it safe for humans to digest.Chlorella is taken in either tablet form or powder form.

Lavender Essential Oil is perhaps the most notable of all the scented oils when it comes to multitasking. It does many jobs and does them well. From its role as an antiseptic to calming the nerves, this hardworking oil does it all.

Lavender (lavandula angustifolia) essential oil is derived from the spikes of the lavender flower from which it is distilled. There are actually two variations, one form is lavender flower oil that has no color and is water soluble. The second form is lavender spike oil which is distilled from the lavandula latifolia.

History shows that lavender oil has been used for well over 2,500 years. It was used by the Romans for a bath soak that purified their skin and their emotions as well.

When it comes to an essential oil for calming stress, you just can't find any better than lavender oil. It's not all in your head either, or at least not all in your imagination. The calming does take place in your head though, in an organ called "the brain." When inhaled, the aromatherapy travels right to the amygdala gland in your brain, an area that controls perception (the way you look at things and the way you feel about them) and emotion. It is also governed by sense of smell. Lavender possesses a quality that tells the amygdala gland to relax and be calm, and... it does! It can be applied topically with a carrier oil, used as a bath soak, or inhaled through one of many methods such as a diffusing system.

Another important function lavender performs is that it is a potent antiseptic. It is safe and effective to use topically to prevent infection when you get burned or cut. It is also helpful to dab on when you have been stung by an insect like an ant or wasp.

Lavender is hailed as a miracle worker when it comes to anti-aging. It is a super-strength anti-oxidant that has the power to turn damaged cells back around so that they are functioning properly. That is how it can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and fade age spots at the same time. Anti-oxidants actually donate an electron to free radical cells that are out-of-control because they have lost an electron. They set about a destructive course to acquire a new one by any means possible. When an anti-oxidant donates an electron, the circle of destruction can cease and there is peace. The damaged cells are repaired and protection abounds to prevent more damage. This is seen in instances such as overexposure to the sun. The process causes cells to become defective and therefore, lose an electron. The application of lavender provides anti-oxidants that heal the damage and protect the skin cells from receiving more damage. It is an amazing feat.

Because lavender is rich in anti-oxidants, it can also help with skin problems such as acne, eczema, psoriasis, and dermatitis. It is a powerful defense against colds and flu too. Furthermore, a little in your shampoo can help cure and prevent dandruff.

Lavender is a very effective sleep aid. It helps calm your body down, for one, but it also helps your body regulate such things as melatonin. You can apply it directly, ingest it like in a tea, or you can breathe in the goodness.One really popular use for lavender is for pest control. While humans usually find the scent of lavender to be refreshing and relaxing, bugs don't. There are a number of great recipes for lavender based insecticides online.Lavender is a very popular oil for perfumes. The Phoenicians, Arabians, and Egyptians used it not only as a perfume, but they mummified their dead in the beloved oil as well. In ancient times, the oil was often used to dip clothing in.

Today lavender is used as a natural perfume, especially for those who don't wish to spray chemical laden products onto their skin. Since what goes on your skin also goes into it, many are taking a healthier approach and using a substance like lavender essential oil that benefits the body when it soaks into it.

There are a myriad of other great benefits that lavender has to offer. It is an anti-depressant, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, detoxifier, anti-microbial, and an anti-bacterial. It can lower hypertension and can sedate as well. It has been heralded for stopping nose bleeds. It is said to relieve cold sores and to diminish the symptoms of hay fever.

So soak it in, rub it in, drink or eat it, sit in a tub of it, or just breathe it in. The benefits of lavender oil are too good to miss out on.

Lavender essential oil is indeed the best of the bunch when it comes to multitasking oils. It is refreshing, calming, healing, cleansing, and relaxing all at the same time. It keeps sickness away and bugs too. The next time you are adding to your essential oil collection, don't forget the most diversified of all: lavender!​To know more, I recommend downloading the book entitled "Essential Oils for Healing" on Amazon now. Just click on the title above and get it for a low cost.https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Oils-Miraculous-Qualities-Aromatherapy/dp/1534732608

Detoxification has become a necessary part of today's bodies. We eat too much processed foods and import fruits and vegetables from other countries that do not have as many restrictions on what kinds of pesticides are used use while growing them. Detoxifying the body is a natural way to rid the body of these toxins so that the organs of our body, particularly the liver and digestive tract, work better to digest healthy foods.

What are the real benefits of detoxifying and how does it work? Read more

“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.” Plato.To be healthy, is to be whole. Meditation is a practical way for the entire self; mind, body and spirit, to achieve health, skin care included.Meditation is good for you, but did you know how good it is for your skin? A little known side effect from the practice of meditation is an acceleration of the healing process in skin cells. Many beginning meditators have noticed remarkable changes for the better in the quality of their facial skin. Naturally, wrinkles are less, due to the relaxation of facial muscles, but the noticeable rapid healing of blemishes and burns is also a regular occurrence.

There is an extensive amount of research documenting the body’s ability to self-repair. Dr.Lissa Rankin states in her comprehensively researched book, “Mind Over Medicine”, “…the body is a self-healing organism, constantly striving to return to homeostasis.”

Applying a few mental training techniques while in a state of deep meditation would support that system and give it the right environment in which to work.

It is possible to achieve a healthy glow from the inside out with meditation. This 4 Step process combines the power of a meditation practice with other techniques that link the mind to the body in a powerful way. Read more

Flush the fat away with these drinks that will have you on your way to a slim trim body in no time. You CAN eat the ingredients used in each drink if you so choose, but they are mainly there for the taste. Drink 8 ounces before each meal 3 times a day for 10 days and marvel at the results.

FLUSH, CLEANSE & DETOX WATER. This flush the fat away water concoction combines five delicious ingredients which each contribute their own unique, powerful, fat-cleansing properties. The result is a powerhouse of a drink which eliminates fat efficiently while tasting great. Water is essential in filtering waste products and toxins from your body. Tangerine allows your body to process glucose more efficiently, instead of turning it into fat. Grapefruit boosts your metabolism, and cucumber stimulates your body to feel more full. And mint aids the digestive process, allowing your body to eliminate waste more efficiently. Refer to our recipe to mix up this refreshing, fat-burning cocktail today!

CRANWATER. We all know water is a diuretic and great for the entire body, but combined with cranberry juice, it’s a fantastic fat and water flushing drink. Combine 5-6 ounces of water and 8 ounces of 100% cranberry juice. Mix together and drink throughout the day. Make sure it is 100% cranberry juice with nothing else added. The cranberry juice contains high levels of organic acids, and when consumed on a regular basis may help your body actually dissolve fatty deposits.

GREEN TEA. Green tea is one of the most famous drinks to flush the fat away. Like cranberry juice, green tea is extremely high in antioxidants. It is known for helping many dieters lose fat quicker than usual when consumed 2-3 times a day. Green tea not only flushes away the fat, but also is packed with other helpful benefits for your body.

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Grounding For Health and Well-BeingBy Craig Swogger Ever feel really good after walking barefoot in the park or along the beach, or after lying in the grass? Have you noticed how a dip in the ocean or sitting beneath a tree can rejuvenate your body and mind, and transform that feeling of being "burned out" or "wired" into one of calm and balance? The common factor between all of these activities is an exchange of electrical charges with the Earth, called grounding or "earthing" by the alternative health community, and it can be a powerful agent for healing.The reason we feel so good after engaging nature with our bare feet, hands, and bodies, is that there is an exchange of electrons - of negatively charged particles - that freely flow into us from the Earth and balance our over-abundance of positively charged particles. Having a positive charge, despite the name, is not positive. You see, modern life skews our bodies towards having an abundance of molecules with a positive charge (called free radicals). Even our very cells can acquire a positive charge, and this causes a number of negative results in the body, including premature aging, slow healing, and the clumping of red blood cells, which can also lead to issues like stroke and damage to blood vessels.Thankfully, nature, and the Earth itself, is a giant reservoir of negatively charged particles (called electrons) just waiting to neutralize our positive charge, but when we don't actually get out into nature, we aren't taking advantage of this healing effect. Our lives, walled off from nature by concrete, asphalt, brick and mortar, literally keep us from the healing energy of the Earth. By getting into a natural setting and actually touching the Earth (or plants and trees with their roots in the Earth) we encourage the exchange of particles that bring us back into balance. Immersing ourselves in salt water can do the same, which explains the power of the ocean to help us feel grounded and healthy.The results of grounding are striking. After grounding, red blood cells that were previously clumped together by their positive charge, have been shown to repel each other, effectively thinning the blood. As well, free radicals are neutralized, and healing becomes rapid. Sleep improves, stress is reduced, and energy is increased.Here are my recommendations: if you want to increase the body's ability to heal, and prevent diseases of aging - not to mention just feel great! - then get into nature and contact it with bare feet, hands, and body when possible. Take a dip in the ocean, lay in the grass, walk barefoot on the moist earth (moist earth will exchange a charge with us much more readily than dry earth), practice yoga outside, hug a tree or meditate with your back against one. Even more convenient: the front or back yard is sufficient to neutralize your charge! Do this as often as you can, because the more time you can spend grounding, the greater the effect, but any amount is better than none - even five minutes. So get out into nature and begin healing yourself. If you'd like to know more about how to achieve optimal health and well-being check out my website http://www.craigswogger.com/

The Mediterranean Secrets Of Natural Healing By Liz GallowayFor many, the Mediterranean stirs up visions of fit, bronzed bodies, svelt from a diet of olives, healthy proteins, olive oils, fish, nuts, seeds, and beans. It evokes dreams of wading in turquoise waters, bathing in hammams, and soaking in famous hot springs. Don't worry, you still have time to get into shape.People have been seeking out the healthy lifestyles and salt water therapies of the Mediterranean for centuries. It's beauty and allure attracts 1/3 of the worlds' international tourists. There must be a reason why the region is known for health, and a staple of the Medi-diet, olives, is said to be produced by the tree of life.I'll give you my short list here on finding your own healthy tree of life. Prepare to dream.The Mediterranean includes eastern islands such as Cyprus, Malta in the central islands and the western islands of Ibiza and Mallorca for starters. It includes miles of coastline in both the EurAfrican and European countries. Making up an area of approximately 2.5 million square kilometers, it gives you plenty of perfect places to find balance.THE TRADITIONTurkey, one of only seven countries worldwide that boasts vast natural thermal pools, has been made famous by health and wellness vacations, including salt water therapies (thalossotherapy). Supported by the Tourism Ministry, and 1300 natural thermal springs in Anatolia alone. Traditional spa tourism is on the rise. While you're there, stop in at the 5 star, Gloria Verde Resort for a little sea therapy.Highly mineralized salt water thermal pools, such as those in Turkey, are said to have been soothing the Greco - Roman gods in the same way, 3000 years ago. Turks refer to the source waters of thermal pools as "llica", later to become "kapalicarsi". Meaning covered thermal pools. Emerging from this, spas, or "kaplica" became the healing place where they combined the hamman and the traditional Roman bath. Giving us the "Turkish Bath" so popular today.To begin with your own Thalsso-therapy, or maybe delve into something a little more mystifying, there are many world class spas and resorts along the coasts of Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. Almost every city facing the Mediterranean utlilizes salt water therapy, and thermals for health and wellness.THALASSO - MARE (SEA -CURE)Talasoterapia Canarias, is a 7,000 square meter Thalasso center, in the Canary Islands. One of the biggest in Europe, it offers its guests, high pressure and submarine showers, bubble or ultrasound baths, submarine jet streams, seaweed treatments, pressure therapies, respiratory therapies, thermal baths, and mud baths. Throw yourself into history, and polish a little more than your outside appearance. Relieving stress from the inside out.Slightly inland from the coast of Spain you can soak up some vitality in the warm waters of a salt infused coastal lake, at the Archena Spa Resort, in Murcia. Archena has a wealth of mineral-rich, medicinal waters, that make Spain popular. Pamper and balance yourself in their thermal gallery, termalium area, and thermal beauty center. Spain is also home to Europe's second largest thermal lake.A brief list of the treatments offered in Spain provides an example of the broad scope of treatments available, and a few surprises! There are saunas, underwater massages, Heviz mud treatments, champagne baths, salmon tunics, Roman-Irish baths, henna application, balinese massages, zen gardens, patchouli oil therapies, oriental therapies, thai-chi, Hawaian therapies and crystal therapy.The suitablilty of Spain as a destination for good living and therapeutic holidays is clear from this less than exhaustive list of the therapies practiced there. Whatever type of treatment one desires, chances are very good that you will find it in Spain. This and the centuries of experience in furthering well being and health that one finds in Spain are responsible for it and its treatment facilities being amongst the best and most popular in the world.The literal Latin translation, Medi-Terrain, (In the middle of the earth) becomes our Mediterranean. Steeped in history, and healthy lifestyle, the Romans called it Mare Nostrum: "Our Sea"..In touring several spas throughout the Mediterranean, I looked forward to discovering environmental purity and of course balancing leisure with work. Spain has become a place I feel at home with. A unique familiarity and a healthy lifestyle.Spain and the famous Mediterranean coasts, with their myriad spas are also known as the European centers of health tourism.TRADITIONAL YET DIFFERENTIn spa development we are always looking for an edge. One way of doing this is to focus on enhancing the value of water resources and the need for a sustainable and appropriate use of this resource. It also aims at promoting the development of this strategic market of traditional therapies for international tourism.With all of this beauty and a culture steeped in age old therapies. Here in the Mediterranean life is more relaxed than most. We enjoy Spanish champagne (cava) as an appertivo, instead of just a celebrational drink. Why not, we have much to celebrate in wellness.For further information:Gran Canaria Spa & Wellness Association Tel.: + 34 928 384670 Fax: + 34 928 369300 Mail: wellness@feht.esEuropean Spa Association ESPA AETC Secretariat General 1, avenue de la Rennaissance B 1000 Bruxelles Tel.: 0032(2)7332661 Fax: 0032(2)7330619ANBAL Spanish National Assocacion de Balenarios ATP Portuguese Hot Springs Association Termatalia International Fair of Thermal Tourism Teléfono de Contacto: 988 366 030 Fax: 988 366 204 expourense@expourense.orgQuilibra Aguas de Ibiza Resort & Spa C/Salvador Camacho nº9 Ibiza, SpainHospes Maricel Resort and Spa Carretera d'Andratx, 11 Mallorca, Spain Liz Galloway is an internationally known spa, wellness, hospitality and fitness developer. Working in the luxury market with developments and investments with innovators, she continues to work with international clients, and write for several industry publications. Find out more at http://www.thelotuseffects.com or contact her direct at liz@thelotuseffects.com

How Acupuncture Can Boost Your Athletic Performance By Celine PotrovAs a professional or amateur athlete, you want to find a faster way to recover from injuries and from fatigue after big competitions. You want to improve your performance as much as possible in a perfectly natural way. These goals are perfectly achievable with the use of acupuncture. This therapy coming from the traditional Chinese medicine has been proven to work effectively and safely. Find out how it will help you out.Pain ReliefThe pain relieving effect of acupuncture has been scientifically proven. The treatment stimulates the brain to produce and release natural chemical compounds which work like painkillers. In this way, you get to feel better more quickly. When you do not feel pain, you can perform better and concentrate better as well.Faster RecoveryYou will recover more quickly from injuries, viral infections such as the flu and muscle soreness, which occurs naturally after intense workouts and after each game or competition. The insertion of needles into certain points of the body stimulates the production of a small protein molecule which attracts white blood cells to the injured area. That way, the immune system repairs the damage caused to the body more quickly and efficiently. You will be back on your feet sooner than you think so your preparation for the next big athletic event will not suffer greatly.Acupuncture will help you immensely when you are fighting the flu or another viral infection. The white blood cells will do an even better job in killing the pathogens in your body. Similarly, muscle soreness will go away more quickly with this therapy. A shorter recovery time is what every athlete dreams of. The best part is that you will not have to use any drugs and worry about getting into trouble because of them.Increased Stamina and EnduranceThis ancient therapy helps to increase the levels of nitric oxide in the body. This compound dilates the blood vessels and lead to improved blood flow. When more blood reaches your muscles, tendons and joints, you will be stronger and you will keep this strength for a longer period of time.Mental ImprovementThis treatment does an excellent job in providing relief from stress and anxiety. This is achieved through the stimulation of the brain to produce more of the hormone of happiness - endorphin. The therapy contributes to better sleep and this will bring you even greater relaxation. When you are more relaxed, you will be able to focus even better on your performance. You will enjoy increased mental alertness as well.You should definitely use acupuncture for enhancing your athletic performance. Improve your physical and mental health in a natural, effective and safe way with Auckland Acupuncture Services. Achieve inner balance and enhance your performance in every sphere of life.